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Hemimorphite On Baryte

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Hemimorphite On Baryte

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Locality: 
Anton Mine, Wieden, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.9 × 4.7 × 3.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.10cm
Description

When I was 15 years old I drove with my moped 2 hours up into the mountains to Wieden. I visited the old miners and tried to purchase specimens from the abandoned fluorite mines,- but it was nearly impossible to get such items because the big find of that pocket was over a decade ago and most of the specimens have been sold to many supraregional collectors and dealers. So you look at a returnee. It features pale beige coloured puffball-like aggregates of Hemimorphite, richly perched on lamellar, brown Baryte. Even the Baryte alone without Hemimorphite would be worth to be added to collection. A superb specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hemimorphite

Formula: 
Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BD.10
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor Co., Romania

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
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